linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 11/13] KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU is blocked

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Message-ID: <55F9371E.8030701@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:32:14 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Feng Wu <feng.wu@...el.com>, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
	joro@...tes.org, mtosatti@...hat.com
Cc:	eric.auger@...aro.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 11/13] KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when
 vCPU is blocked



On 16/09/2015 10:50, Feng Wu wrote:
>  		 * are two possible cases:
> -		 * 1. After running 'pi_pre_block', context switch
> +		 * 1. After running 'pre_block', context switch

Please fold this in the previous patch.

>  		 *    happened. For this case, 'sn' was set in
>  		 *    vmx_vcpu_put(), so we need to clear it here.
> -		 * 2. After running 'pi_pre_block', we were blocked,
> +		 * 2. After running 'pre_block', we were blocked,
>  		 *    and woken up by some other guy. For this case,

(Same).

> +	spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
> +	list_for_each_entry(vcpu, &per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu, cpu),
> +			blocked_vcpu_list) {
> +		struct pi_desc *pi_desc = vcpu_to_pi_desc(vcpu);
> +
> +		if (pi_test_on(pi_desc) == 1)
> +			kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
> +	}
> +	spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, cpu));
> +}

Please document the lock in Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt.

Paolo
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